About The Word Tanager
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Tanager
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What's The Definition Of Tanager?
[n] any of numerous New World woodland birds having brightly colored males
Synonyms | Synonyms for Tanager: Related Terms | Find terms related to Tanager: See Also | family Thraupidae | firebird | hepatic tanager | oscine | oscine bird | Piranga flava hepatica | Piranga ludoviciana | Piranga olivacea | Piranga rubra | redbird | scarlet tanager | summer redbird | summer tanager | Thraupidae | western tanager Tanager In Webster's Dictionary \Tan"a*ger\, n. [NL. tanagra, probably fr. Brazilian
tangara.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of numerous species of bright-colored singing birds
belonging to {Tanagra}, {Piranga}, and allied genera. The
scarlet tanager ({Piranga erythromelas}) and the summer
redbird ({Piranga rubra}) are common species of the United
States.
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